As it now stands, the President’s stump speech features a backward-looking message at its core. Obama trumpets “more than 2 million jobs in the private sector” that have been created in the last 15 months. At a recent speech in Ohio he dismissed May’s bad jobs numbers as “bumps on the road to recovery.” In Greenberg’s estimation, this is an error on par with President Obama’s midterm election pitch, which described the nation as a car that had just gotten out of a ditch that Republicans drove into in the first place. The metaphor didn’t work, Greenberg explained in a recent memo, because “people thought they were still in the ditch.”

The usual suspects -- incompetent Ivy League faculty lounge refugees on Obama's revolving-door team of economic advisors and his campaign team -- seem to be agreeing with Greenburg that this "Mission Accomplished" approach is folly:

President Obama’s own strategists agree — but only in part. New projections of tepid economic growth under 3%, and unemployment over 8.5%, have all but erased hopes that Obama can run for reelection as the guy who saved America from the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. It’s not a convincing message when four out of five Americans still rate the economy as “poor.”

Irrespective of the flailing going on over at Team Obama Headquarters, even marginally referring to any policy of his rescuing the economy represents pure delusional folly. Going near that hoary old bromide of two million jobs "saved or created" is kind of like firmly grasping the to secondary poles of a 25 KV substation transformer -- bound to be a shocking experience.

This is especially true when you consider that fully 45% of these two million so-called new jobs were created in the state of Texas:

Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net new American jobs since the recovery began were created in Texas. Mr. Fisher’s study is a lesson in what works in economic policy—and it is worth pondering in the current 1.8% growth moment.

Using Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, Dallas Fed economists looked at state-by-state employment changes since June 2009, when the recession ended. Texas added 265,300 net jobs, out of the 722,200 nationwide, and by far outpaced every other state. New York was second with 98,200, Pennsylvania added 93,000, and it falls off from there. Nine states created fewer than 10,000 jobs, while Maine, Hawaii, Delaware and Wyoming created fewer than 1,000. Eighteen states have lost jobs since the recovery began.

The data are even more notable because they’re calculated on a “sum of states” basis, which the BLS does not use because they can have sampling errors. Using straight nonfarm payroll employment, Texas accounts for 45% of net U.S. job creation. Modesty is not typically considered a Texas virtue, but the results speak for themselves.

Texas is also among the few states that are home to more jobs than when the recession began in December 2007. The others are North Dakota, Alaska and the District of Columbia. If that last one sounds like an outlier at first, remember the government boom of the Obama era, which has helped loft D.C. payrolls 18,000 jobs above the pre-crisis status quo. Even so, Texas is up 30,800.

Interesting factoid and one you should slip into your ammo bag for those upcoming debates with the nouveau bitter clingers, the die-hard Disciples of The Boy King. It will be interesting to see the scales drop from their eyes when that data is presented to them -- especially if Texas governor Rick Perry gets into the race.

This is a time when the president needs to find his inner Bill Clinton, and feel Americans’ pain. If he wants to be one of the few presidents to win reelection in a stagnant economy, he’ll have to devote less time to defending past policies, like the auto bailout, and more to offering specific solutions to help people get back to work. Think a 21st century version of FDR’s fireside chats.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that President Obama believes taxes on small businesses across the country must rise in order to prevent a general reduction in the overall size of government programs. Geithner added that the administration seeks to raise taxes on all individuals earning $250,000 per year or more, and this would necessarily include small business owners who file as individuals.

It's 2011, fercrissakes, and after almost three years of nothing but bad news, stagnating growth, and steadily-UN-improving unemployment Geithner and his boss still don't get it. So, given they have about 15 months to go, its unlikely that anything short of a miracle will cause a turnaround.

But Hopey-Changey is still out there giving those clueless speeches and makin' all that jive talk. Like Ramirez' cartoon above, you can put a dress and lipstick on a pig but, in the long run, it's still a pig.

First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to South Africa and Botswana last week cost taxpayers well over half a million dollars, possibly in the range of $700,000 or $800,000, according to an analysis by White House Dossier.

Many of the trip’s expenses cannot be obtained with specificity, including the cost of local transportation for the first lady, Secret Service protection, the care and feeding of staffers, and pre-trip advance work done by administration officials in South Africa.

...

While the goals of her journey – “youth leadership, education, health and wellness” in southern Africa, according to the White House – are laudable, many may question whether such an expensive outreach overseas by the president’s wife is worthwhile given the threat of the ballooning federal debt to the economy.

This is particularly true given that the trip, while featuring many official events, also included tourist components such as visits to historical landmarks and museums, a nonworking chance to meet Nelson Mandela that Mrs. Obama described as “surreal,” and a safari. Mrs. Obama also brought along her mother, her daughters and two of their cousins – the children of her brother Craig Robinson.

Right now, I am too flummoxed to comment further but there's a whiskey front advancing on the Warplanner household later tonight and I will take advantage of such a target-rich environment.

But for now, to quote Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, "Oh man, the bullsh*t piled up so high around here, you needed wings to stay above it.."

This feels like the punchline to a joke. “First prize is dinner with the president. Second prize is dinner with the president and Joe Biden.” Is there any American anywhere — Dover and Wilmington included — who was planning to pass on this contest but, now that Biden’s in the mix, is ready to pop for five bucks to enter?

Usually -- actually, in all cases save one -- remarks and comments here about my postings have been civil, insightful, profound, and a welcome recognition of my pedestrian efforts. I am extremely grateful when you stop by and are motivated to add your wisdom and humor to my pathetic bleating.

I have even had a dissenter or two. In fact, I remember one guy who started out life here as a troll and we became very friendly when I told him that his remarks were very constructive, welcome, and the only problem I had with him was that we disagreed.

Recently, I went to moderated comments because another troll -- a real one -- posted comments I considered offensive and, frankly, tasteless. In case you were wondering, here is a sample of this cretin's handiwork:

NIGGER! NIGGER! HE'S A NIGGGGGGGGGAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Goddamn Nigger-rigged the economy! It was perfect when Bush (A WHITE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!) and now thanks to his niggernomics the USA is all niggered-up!

I suppose it's a mark of progress that morons like you hide your racism but it still smack of cowardliness.

~The-Troll-Formerly-Known-As-Salvage

That was actually a little milder than the other comments he made. At first, I tolerated it and even had some fun at his expense, nicknaming him "Sewage". But it readily became apparent that he had nothing to say, said it crudely, and had no redeeming literary flair whatsoever. So, since I was relatively busy and could not attend to this blog on a regular basis, I elected to moderate the comments rather than let this guy's verbal defecations remain for days before they were cleaned up.

However, part of the fun of visiting a blog is to be able to make a comment and have it appear contemporaneously with the others posted. Many of you have blogs I visit and you are remarkably kind (and swift) to approve of my witless blather.

Well, I was away this weekend and I just now noticed that TCL left a moderated comment I failed to approve. For that tardiness, good lady, I am heartily sorry.

So, I am going to ride herd on unmoderated comments again and -- I assure you -- if the cretin shows up, his remarks will be dumped irrespective of content. But I do not want to penalize the rest of you for this kindergartner's puerile blather.

Our blogs are, for all intents and purposes, like our homes. Polite guests are welcome again and again. But no one pulls that guy's crap in my house and gets invited back.

DELICIOUS IRONY DEPARTMENT: It seems that the immense tub of goo who runs Venezuela and delights in running down the U. S. of A. (when he's not being genuflected to by The Chicago Jesus) is in a bad way:

Hugo Chávez extended stay in a Cuban hospital is because he is in critical condition, according to a report in El Nuevo Herald.

The Venezuelan president, who was last seen in public June 9 and last heard from on June 12, on a phone call with Venezuelan state television, was said to have been treated for a pelvic abscess in Cuba.

During the call Chávez said that medical tests showed no sign of any "malignant" illness.

But according to the report in El Nuevo Herald, Chávez finds himself in "critical condition, not grave, but critical, in a complicated situation."

Speculation runs to possible prostrate cancer but the real story here is that one of the liberals' most beloved leftist's in this hemisphere has placed his fate in the hands of one of the liberals' most beloved health care systems in the world.

Frankly, I think the guy is just ripening in preparation to giving birth to a 5 gallon can of Crisco. And, not to over-egg the pudding here, but if this guy croaks, can you imagine how despondent all those useful idiot Hollywood types will be? Political assassination by Castrocare?

Why, Sean Penn would be positively suicidal.

"I'm so-o-o-o-o wasted!"

THERE IS A GOD UPDATE:Thanks to the irrepressible Woodsterman and the latest in his "I Don't Feel Stupid Anymore" series of, this delicious picture one of those ass-clowns who helped install The Pantload in the White House. (note the big Chicago Jesus sticker of the window of the pickup.)

June 22, 2011

For thousands of years, men have tried to understand the rules when dealing with women. Finally, this merit/demerit guide will help you to understand just how it works. Remember, in the world of romance, one single rule applies: Make the woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something she expects. Sorry, that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the points system:

SIMPLE DUTIES
You make the bed: +1
You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows: -1
You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets: -2
You leave the toilet seat up: -5
You replace the toilet paper roll when it is empty: +5
When the toilet paper roll is barren, you resort to Kleenex: -1
When the Kleenex runs out you use the next bathroom: -2
You go out 2 buy her extra-light panty liners with wings: +5
In the rain: +8
But return with beer: -1
And no panty liners: -25
You check out a suspicious noise at night: +1
You check out a suspicious noise and it is nothing: 0
You check out a suspicious noise and it is something: +5
You pummel it with a six iron: +10
It's her cat: -40

AT THE PARTY
You stay by her side the entire party: 0
You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a school drinking friend: -2
Named Tiffany: -5
Tiffany is a dancer: -10
With breast implants: -20

HER BIRTHDAY
You remember her birthday:+1
You buy a card and flowers: +2
You take her out to dinner: +5
You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar: +10
Okay, it is a sports bar:-10
And it's all-you-can-eat night: -20
It's a sports bar, its all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team: -30

A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS
Go with a pal: 0
The pal is happily married: +1
The pal is single: -10
He drives a Ferrari: -20
With a personalized license plate (GR8 NBED):-30

A NIGHT OUT WITH HER
You take her to the pictures: +2
You take her to see a film she likes: +5
You take her to see a film you hate: +8
You take her to see a film you like: -5
It's called Death Cop III: -10
Which features Cyborgs that eat humans: -20
You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans: -30

YOUR PHYSIQUE
You develop a noticeable pot belly: -5
You develop a noticeable pot belly and exercise to get rid of it: +10
You develop a noticeable pot belly and resort to loose jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts: -30
You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too.": -100

COMMUNICATION (When she wants to talk about a problem)
You listen, displaying a concerned expression:+1
You listen, for over 30 minutes: +5
You relate to her problem and share a similar experience: +50
You have fallen asleep: -200

ITS THAT TIME OF THE MONTH
You talk: -100
You don't talk: -100
You spend time with her:-100
You don't spend time with her: -100
You are seen enjoying yourself: -100

..the opportunity for double entendre abound with this subject, but after the last four weeks in Weinerville, I'll just let it go. Here's an interesting video on how they make major League baseballs. Enjoy:

Sent to me courtesy of Lieutenant Bill of Squadron 68. Now I gotta go do a writeup on Sominex: the new candidate for the GOP POTUS nomination.

June 21, 2011

..while Captain Yawn was down in Le Caribe fleecing the natives last week, and the MSM was ducking flying Weiners, they did busy themselves with the Great Alaskan Palin Paper Dump which John Stewart revels in on the Daily Show:

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June 20, 2011

The Chicago Jesus is an equal opportunity promise-breaker, it appears. Seems our boy headed to Puerto Reco last week to Hoover up some campaign bucks and played it a little too fast and loose with the folks who wanted him to visit says Howard Portnoy, writing over at Hot Air today.Seems Portnoy's complaint (sorry) is:

The president’s whirlwind visit lasted all of four hours, during which he spoke in broad and sweeping platitudes, claiming that “the aspirations and struggles of this island mirror those of the United States” and promising “we are going to put people back to work here in Puerto Rico and all across America.”

He blew into town like one of those hurricanes out of the Caribe and left a whole bunch of pissed off Puerto Ricans in his wake by ignoring some substantive problems in that U.S.possession nor offering any federal support for worthy causes down there:

Leaders of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party noticed the stark absence of any concrete offers of help or solutions with these pressing issues—and they were resentful. Local Sen. Melinda Romero, a delegate of the island’s chapter of the Democratic Party, has demanded an apology from Obama and asked that he return the money raised during the brief stopover.

Adding to the resentment of the ruling New Progressives, led by Republican Gov. Luis Fortuno, is the unscheduled lunch that Obama had with opposition gubernatorial candidate Alejandro Garcia, a photo op from which now appears on the White House website.

Yessir, just like our hero, Captain Ron.

But he did not limit his ungraciousness to Puerto Rica. He seems to have pissed off others of Hispanic descent as well:

Leaders of a national Hispanic organization are criticizing President Barack Obama for skipping their annual conference for the third consecutive year after he promised as a candidate in 2008 that he would return as president.

Some members of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials also are questioning Obama’s commitment to immigration reform, noting that deportations have increased under his watch — even as the administration intensifies its outreach for Hispanic votes. NALEO, which includes more than 6,000 Latino leaders who represent major blocs of voters in key electoral states, opens its annual conference Thursday in San Antonio.

The rift is noteworthy — and even a little puzzling — because of the administration’s aggressive push for Hispanic support ahead of 2012. Obama’s campaign team is trying to raise historically low rates of Hispanic registration and voter turnout in at least a half-dozen swing states, and one Obama adviser involved in his reelection effort recently told POLITICO, “Hispanics could very well decide this election.”

..who but dope-rolling troll dolts could love an ill-mannered clod like this?

Here's a video that intersperses the condescension of elitist MSM commentators, liberal celebrities, and other enlightened luminaries with the actual gaffs and misstatements made by Governor Palin herself. Of course, this proves conclusively that these Illuminati have her nailed..

..oh, wait.

Sadly, one of them is the venerable John Cleese (Monty Python and Fawlty Towers) whom I admire a great deal for his comedy, but little else now, I suppose.

(Seriously, it is an amazing juxtaposition of these people worshiping their avatar and having him deliver up crap sandwich after crap sandwich of moronic human frailty. The guy is an utterly incompetent boob.)

UPDATE: Just to show you this wasn't an isolated instance. Warning! Do NOT operate heavy machinery after watching this video!

The Democrats' headline-grabbing promotion to offer a chance at a private dinner date with President Obama is reportedly drawing little money, but a great deal of press. Republican strategists looked at the program and asked if there might be a way to capitalize on it for their own financial gain, and the result is the "No Dinner, No Obama" raffle, where for ten dollars every entrant is guaranteed to not have dinner with the President.

"After seeing the recent photo of Obama stuffing a chili dog into his pie-hole, it was obvious most normal Americans would pay to not eat with him. We're pulling in huge bucks," said a GOP spokesman.

Scooter adds that he would gladly contribute $50 for the privilege of not breaking bread with Zippy, the POTUS and THE WIDE LOAD FLOTUS.

Scooter Van Neuter: an artist of discriminating taste!

UPDATE: It seems that The Pantload is falling out of favor with the public. He can't raise squat getting people to eat din-din with him now but back in the heat of the 2008 campaign when everyone in the country was swooning over this clown's pants creases, he stopped into a diner and ordered up a plate of waffles that he could not finish.

Courtesy of Andrew Malcom over at The Top of the Ticket blog at the Los Angeles Times. Andrew hastens to add that this shovel ready little taxpayer funded junket comes just before WIDE LOAD gets on one of our airplanes and visits Africa on our nickel:

However, this coming week she is taking her mother and two daughters on a week-long visit to Africa, with stops and public events in South Africa and Botswana and including a private safari experience.

Have a nice flight, WIDE LOAD. Enjoy the Dark Continent for us. Don't forget to write.

For her second solo international trip, the first lady has scheduled stops in South Africa and Botswana, two growing democracies, where she'll continue her work encouraging young people to get involved in national affairs. She'll also promote education, health and wellness.

The previously announced June 20-26 trip begins Monday in Johannesburg. Mrs. Obama will also stop in Pretoria and Cape Town in South Africa before moving on to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. The trip ends with a private family safari at a South African game reserve before the return to Washington on June 27.

Here's the laugher:

White House officials said Wednesday that the trip will help advance the administration's agenda in Africa.

How about she and her husband advance the agenda of another third world country -- namely the one he's supposed to be running: The United States of America. Well, between the golf games, vacations -from-vacations, safaris, and boogie nights in the White House, we're all out of luck.

June 14, 2011

Air Force One has landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the first time it has done so in an official capacity since JFK’s island visit 50 years ago. While in Puerto Rico, President Obama is scheduled to deliver remarks on the island’s status (the hottest of local hot-button topics), tout a Stimulus-funded project (time permitting), and (of course!) host a pair of fund raising events.

That's o.k.; it puts me in mind of one of my favorites in Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Now, The War Planner ain't one of those guys who ordinarily loves show tunes but who cannot deny the singing, verve, wit and superb dancing of this number. Also, ya gotta admit Rita Moreno was absolutely hot..

..well, she was to an adolescent testosterone-drenched lad like myself. I still love her and this performance:

The Obama Fail Blog has come up with some interesting insights into Obama's effort to "cut the deficit":

As part of the Obama administration’s campaign to promote transparency, the White House announced today it intends to eliminate the public’s access to half of the federal government’s websites within the next year.

The White House said there are nearly 2,000 websites operated by the federal government, which it said confuses people.

“With so many separate sites, Americans often do not know where to turn for information,” the office of Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. said in a statement. “The administration will immediately put a halt to the creation of new websites. The administration will also shut down or consolidate 25% of the 2,000 sites over the next few months and set a goal of cutting the number of separate, standalone sites in half over the next year.”

He set the whole thing to music and posted it on You Tube. It's worth a trip over there to see. Actually, this is a pretty scary revelation when you consider that his Ministry of Information might just want to eliminate some transparent with that waste as well.

The FLOTUS parked her butt in the seat (or seats) of an airplane and headed out to Warplanner Country on the taxpayers' dime to stump for her overworked and overstressed hubby. She unloaded on her audience about the trail of tears the past two years have been and tragic toll the presidency has taken on her hard-working husband:

"I see the sadness and worry that's creasing his face," she said to a crowd of about 500 at the Pasadena luncheon organized by the Southern California Women For Obama. She described his worth ethic as “tireless,” according to pool reports.

"He reads every word, every memo, so he is better prepared than the people briefing him," she said. "This man doesn't take a day off."

She said the next two years of campaigning would be difficult for the Obamas and their supporters. "It is not going to be easy, and it is going to be long," she said. "Now more than ever we need your help to finish what we started."

My response: "Give me a freaking break!"

Well, at least we know now that both the FLOTUS and the POTUS are delusional. How about all those trips to Hawaii? How about the vacation to the Gulf (finally) only to return home to..another vacation in New England. In a period of time from July through mid-August of 2010, he had taken five vacations. And, even when he's not on vacation, he spends most of his time out on the golf course.

Click to embiggen and see The Pantload's glistening man-boobs.

The fact that Moo-chelle thinks this guy works hard by reading "every word, every memo" and sees fit to complain about this is annoying. That she chose to do this at an event designed to help her hubby extort one billion for his upcoming re-election, unbelievable. That she got to this event on the taxpayers' dime, insulting and offensive in the extreme.

I mean, all she is doing here is portraying her husband as a victim, something he has been successful at doing for the two-and-one-half years he has held office.

I would have finished it off by having the people mowed down by a speeding purple bus while the driver (who looks suspiciously like PBHO) tosses out a slurpee cup to bounce off the bodies.

Bishop on June 13, 2011 at 2:19 PM

I am not necessarily voting for Romney -- I am waiting until the field is filled out and, obviously, for the California primary to eventuate -- but if he's the nominee then I am not only voting for him, I am working for him. Actually, if there's a primary challenger for Obama, then I might vote for the Dem challenger. (California passed an open-ballot primary initiative in 2010.) God, would that be delicious, to have Hilary win California? Deal with that, Chicago Jesus!

A lot of people say Romney would be worse than Obama and I disagree. I think a two-day-old ham sandwich would be better than that sack of crap.

June 12, 2011

Sunday Funny
Osama bin Laden, alive and well, decided to send President Obama a note in his own handwriting to let him know he was still in the game.

Obama opened the note, which appeared to contain a single line of coded message: 370HSSV-0773H.

Obama was baffled, so he E-mailed it to James Clapper. Clapper and his Department of National Intelligence had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI. No one could solve it at the FBI, so it went to the CIA, the Department of Homeland Security, and then to the NSA. With no clue as to its meaning, the FBI finally asked Marine Corps Intelligence for help.

Within a few seconds, the Marines cabled back with this reply: "Tell Obama he is holding the message upside down."

Ya know, I sure am gonna miss this old boy when he finally resigns. I mean over the past fortnight, he's the gift that keeps on giving. TMZ uncovered some photos that Anthony took of his weiner. (Now cut that out! - ed.)

"Mirror, Mirror on the wall.."

So, what's the big deal you say? Well, these were taken in the Congressional Members' Gym! (I am only gonna warn you one more time! - ed.) I'd recommend your looking at the entire album to find out what a sick perv this guy really is and why he absolutely, positively should NOT resign from Congress. Herewith, of course, the usual caveat regarding lewd content.

Anthony was not available for comment; he'd gone for a schvitz.

..stumbled on the above pic over at the Orange County Ragister site and thought I'd save it for a rainy day.

UPDATE: Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air posted a video of Weiner being interviewed by Don Imus that I thought I'd flagrantly rip off:

Weiner is ready to throw a couple of his fellow Dems under the bus for ethics lapses -- most notably Charlie Rangel -- but as Morrissey says:

For a man so eager to push his colleagues under the bus, Weiner seems awfully reluctant to apply the same standards to himself. No wonder his colleagues are so eager to get him to quit.

Pay close attention to his comments at the 2:30 mark. they are absolutely delicious.

June 11, 2011

Late to the dance yet again, but I figure with Tony the Salami heading out the door, we ought to collect these for posterity. Post your favorite Weiner headline/joke/whatever so I can keep a record. Maybe if there's enough posts, I'll get a prize (like a package of Dodger Dogs Hebrew National or ringside seats to Nathan's this July) for the..er..weiner.

Just so we stay focused here and take a brief respite from Weiner Gate, below is a partial excerpt from your beloved leader's Saturday morning address. Is it just me, or does it seem like this butt wipe just phoning it in?

Hello, everyone. I want to spend a couple minutes talking with you about our economy. We’ve just come through the worst recession since the Great Depression, and while our economy as a whole has been growing and adding private sector jobs, too many folks are still struggling to get back on their feet.

I wish I could tell you there was a quick fix to our economic problems. But the truth is, we didn’t get into this mess overnight, and we won’t get out of it overnight. It’s going to take time.

The good news is, when it comes to job-creation and economic growth, there are certain things we know we can do. Now, government is not – and should not be – the main engine of job-creation in. ...this country. That’s the role of the private sector. But one thing government can do is partner with the private sector to make sure that every worker has the necessary skills for the jobs they’re applying for.

On Wednesday, I announced commitments by the private sector, colleges, and the National Association of Manufacturers that will make it possible for 500,000 community college students to get a manufacturing credential that has the industry’s stamp of approval.Obama watches a Chrysler worker in Toledo 6-3-11

If you’re a company that’s hiring, you’ll know that anyone who has this degree has the skills you’re looking for. If you’re a student considering community college, you’ll know that your diploma will give you a leg up in the job market.

On Monday, I’ll travel to North Carolina, where I’ll meet with my Jobs Council and talk about additional steps we can take to spur private sector hiring in the short-term and ensure our workers have the skills and training they need in this economy.

Huh? Just come through the worst recession? Try the fact that we are still in the worst recession and probably going to end up in the first depression since the Great Depression if you keep screwing things up like you have been doing.

Didn't get into this mess overnight? Still trying to bale Bush? How about you grow a pair, you economic eunuch, and take responsibility for the almost three years you have been diddling this country.

How about telling the NLRB to let Boeing start building airplanes in South Carolina for starters, you vapid, empty suit? Then how about firing that pack on incompetent economic morons you have been shuttling through the White House and hiring some business people who know what is required for job creation in the real world?

Does anyone else have nightmares about this pair locked in the throes of sexual bliss? Both gratingly annoying, their passion cries at the moment of truth must seem like two jackdaws in mortal combat over the dessicated rind of a day-old ham sammich.

..hey, what'd ya expect over here? George Will or Mark Steyn?

This is a low budget production and I go for cheap thrills whenever possible.

Over the last several weeks, events and reactions to events have demonstrated what a cesspool of fetid, festering human offal the Left is.

I won't say "becoming" because I believe it always was such.

Three things stick out in my mind that illustrate what utter hypocrites these morally challenged, bottom-feeding creatures are:

The escapades of that keening, perverted, lily-waving member of congress, Anthony Weiner.

The apologetic reaction of some of his followers and luminaries on the Left.

The release and subsequent effort by major liberal entities to investigate some 24,000 e-mails attributed to Sarah Palin during her term as Governor of Alaska.

Weiner's Dic-Pics were a pathetic display of almost juvenile sexual angst by one of the supposed liberal luminaries in Congress. That a man of such perceived stature would resort to such questionable adventures calls into question his judgment. That he would so inartfully dissemble in an effort to deny these acts calls into question his character. In my opinion and the opinions of many in the firmament of American politics, either form grounds for this cretin to be stricken from the rolls of Congress.

But, of course, there are the usual suspects willing to give him a pass because he is (or was) a bright, rising star and spokesperson for liberal causes. This confederacy starts with the more-than-fifty-percent of his constituency in Brooklyn South who wish him to remain in office because they will continue to suckle at the teat of government giveaways as a result of his keening rhetoric. You can add to that list the sagging-skinned old crone and former speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, who declined to call for Weiner's resignation and merely started the ball rolling on a congressional ethics investigation. This action, like so many things associated with this tawdry affair of the unfortunately-named member of congress, occasioned a great headline:

Pelosi calls for Weiner Investigation

(Sadly, this evokes an unfortunate image and such things cannot be unseen.)

A liberal actress and comedian is strongly defending embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), saying “everyone lies about sex” and expressing hope he becomes the mayor of New York City.

During an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Janeane Garofalo said, “Anthony Weiner deserves to be supported and hopefully he will be mayor of New York one day. I’m serious. He is a Democrat [who] actually fights for the things liberals and progressive and rational people care about.

“I don’t know why he’s being thrown under the bus. He hasn’t done any — he hasn’t broke any laws,” she said.

The Saturday Night Live alum, who has appeared in the television shows “24,” “The West Wing” and “The Larry Sanders Show,” added, “Everyone lies about sex. [Weiner's controversy] has not impacted anyone’s life negatively.”

She blamed the media for being ”overly obsessed” with the Weiner story.

(Actually, on that last point, I kind of agree. Maybe the media ought to return to covering what a hash The Chicago Jesus is making of our economy through his incompetence and inaction.)

And there are a few other hacks jumping supporting Weiner but many in the Dem party are either greasing the skids for this clown or calling for him to resign. Notably silent on the matter is the Great Cohibatator, Bill Clinton, although it is reported that he is fuming because he "presided over Weiner's wedding" and he considers this a betrayal of sorts.

Curious sidebar, this. I always though that Roman Emperors presided over weddings of their most notable courtiers, reserving the privilege of deflowering the bride for themselves. As Mel Brooks said in his History of the World: Part I , "..it's good to be the king!" Of course, The Wokette's post on Weiner's wedding proclaiming "Bill Clinton Marries Anthony Weiner This Weekend" evokes yet another questinable image and prompts the question, "would Hillary approve?" Anyway, I ramble.

So, summing up this side of the ledger, we have the puerile Member of Congress (this is just too much fun, isn't it?) getting a pass with some apologists saying that the media should move on.

Compare and contrast, O best beloved, to the recent release of Sarah Palin's e-mails by the state of Alaska much to the delight of her detractors thinking this will be a fresh pile of meat for them to paw through.

I am genuinely curious about what good it would serve to release the e-mails a full three years after she embarked on her campaign for VPOTUS and almost two years after she resigned as governor. As Sarah herself mused:

During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" last weekend, Palin said that she's not concerned that the emails being released could produce any damaging revelations.

"I think every rock in the Palin household that could ever be kicked over and uncovered anything, it's already been kicked over," she explained. "I don't think there's anything private in our family now. A lot of those emails obviously weren't meant for public consumption. They are between staff members. They're probably between family members."

What is also interesting to note is that liberal news outlets -- the NYT, WaPo, and the HuffPo" -- are enlisting the aide of their readership to paw through these missives in an effort to turn up some fragment of controversy not yet released to the light of day. Here is the solicitation by the HuffPo:

Here is the hypocrisy: Weiner tweets lewd shots of his -- er -- weiner to young ladies and gets a pass but the Left calls for yet another wave of scrutiny of Sarah Palin for..doing what, exactly?

Frankly, I think both events will play out to the Left's disadvantage, irrespective of the twists and turns remaining in each tale. If Weiner is does resign, it will be after a messy battle that will leave the Dem party covered with bloody entrails and innards. If he stays, well, he joins the long almost-unending list of liberal principals who retain their positions despite unethical behavior; the likes of Ted "snorkel" Kennedy, Charlie Rangel, Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Marion "The Bitch Set Me Up" Barry, and the rest of the murder's row.

“One embarrassing aspect of this episode, among several, is that major newspapers like the Times and the Post don’t seem to have the resources to review a few boxes of emails to determine whether there is anything there of interest. Otherwise, why would they solicit help from hundreds of readers? In my business, litigation, it is not unusual for parties to produce tens of millions of documents. A production of 13,000 emails would be considered miniscule. [sic] That our major newspapers evidently don’t have staff to do this minimal amount of work speaks volumes about their decline.”

The new governor of Alaska was Palin's lieutenant governor and loyal confederate. I gotta believe these missives were vetted. As Hinderaker states, this document dump is trivial. The outfall of all of this is summed up nicel by a commentor to that Powerlien post:

Mark Adams · Top Commenter · London, United KingdomThese images of liberals scuttling around with boxes of Palin's emails will stick. The left is melting down. Its central sustaining memes are a bust:

Obama is the promised one - not so much.
Palin is finished - she's the brightest star in US politics.

The msm resemble a pig in shit with these emails. They'll look up and see the electorate aghast at the squalor. Add Weiner's flasherism and lies to change the image to a pack of sewer rats. 'Vote sewer rat' isn't a winning slogan.

Hypocrisy? Yes. A couple of stink bombs for the left? Aba-lutely!

BLOG FORMAT PROCEDURAL CHANGE: Succinctly, I am going to moderate comments for the foreseeable future here. Our friend Sewage forces me to do this. His comments encompassed both the profane and the pedestrian and were, in my opinion, without merit. It's sad, because I have had few dissenting commenters here (this is a small time effort and under the radar of many on both the left and the right) but the few I had were gentlemanly or ladylike in their presentations. One felt as though one could have a rational conversation with those folks.

Sewage, on the other hand, was just a juvenile, asinine, puerile rock'n'roller who counted among his life's great achievements rolling dope in tight packages. Plainly put, his remarks did not advance the ball and were stultifyingly boring.

Besides, this is my house and no one craps on my carpet. So now I will be limiting Sewage to crapping only on my welcome mat.

June 7, 2011

I am too busy with my job, my family responsibilities, mowing the lawn, and primering the Jeep to devote time to meaningful, thoughtful posts. But I thought I'd showcase Scooter's BHN effort on yet another Weinergate.

June 5, 2011

One of the things about The Golden Pantload I adore is the way he and Moo-chelle adhere to the precepts that they seemingly want to mandate on us.

"Can't I just finish my chili dogs, sweetie?"

Just a few hours after the Wide Load FLOTUS issued another one of her food-nazi diets, The Chicago Jesus -- according to the London Daily Mail -- is pounding down the junk food like there's no tomorrow:

Yesterday she unveiled the USDA's new healthy-eating guide, which replaces the famous 'My Pyramid' with a plate divided into four nutritional quadrants: fruits, vegetables, grains and proteins.

But as her husband chowed down at the famous Rudy's Hot Dog with Toledo's mayor, the only sign of 'vegetables' appeared to be some fried onions.

He ordered the house speciality chili dog, which comes with mustard, onion, chili sauce and cheese, and topped it up with a bowl of chili and a portion of fries on
As he entered the restaurant, which claims to sell 8,000 dogs a week, he told the restaurant owners: 'These guys, whatever they want; I'm buying.'

And he teased one of the cooks, USA Today reports, telling the owners: 'She says she's worked here 30 years. That means she was under-age when you hired her.'

Both Mr Obama and his wife Michelle have made healthy eating a focal point of their time at the White House.

Wow, what a breakthrough! And if the food pyramid had any relevance to diet selection for Americans, it might even have been worth the two million dollars the USDA spent just to design the logo. Yes, that’s right, it cost taxpayers $2 million for someone to draw a circle, cut it into four quadrants, and then attach labels like FRUITS and VEGETABLES. The $2 million didn’t just go into the logo design, though. According to the New York Times, they spent part of that money doing focus-group testing on circles with two lines, and on a Web site, too — as if millions of people will thunder to it to plan their dinners.